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Comment by pthor1234

Enchanters now have a daily cooldown that allow them to create a Sha Crystal from 5 Ethereal Shard. For the time being in MoP, it looks like enchanters will be able to up and down convert all their materials at will, albeit with losses, except for the daily CD on Sha Crystals.

The losses on the items from down-converting are quite hefty, especially from the Sha Crystal down to Ethereal Shard. If a player was to take 125 spirit dust, they could up-convert all the way to a Sha Crystal, but breaking it back down would only yield 18 spirit dust back, for a staggering 14.4% efficiency rate.

Comment by Oziah

What's the best way to obtain these?

Comment by Gemini4t

With the new ilvl 458 crafted PvP gear in 5.2, Ethereal Shards are now easy and cheap to obtain for Tailor/Enchanter combos. The cheapest items for Tailors to craft for Ethereal Shards, at 4 Bolt of Windwool Cloth per craft, are the PvP cloaks and bracers:

If you have the guild perk Bountiful Bags, you will get 1 shard 85% of the time, and 2 shards 15% of the time. From this, you can determine whether it is cheaper to buy the shards, or the cloth, using this formula: